The Simplicity Paradox: Why Evolution Does Not Produce Universally Complex Agents (opens in new tab)

It has been well established that information improves decisions, pushing the population forward as more information becomes available. Nevertheless, a wide range of empirical evidence shows that humans avoid complexity, delegate judgement, and prefer simplified social worlds. This tension raises an evolutionary puzzle: if knowledge is economically valuable and therefore evolutionarily beneficial, why do populations not converge towards universa...